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114TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 4340 

To require the Comptroller General of the United States to conduct a review 

of the Office of Government Contracting and Business Development 

of the Small Business Administration, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JANUARY 7, 2016 

Mrs. RADEWAGEN (for herself and Mr. MOULTON) introduced the following 

bill; which was referred to the Committee on Small Business 

A BILL 

To require the Comptroller General of the United States 

to conduct a review of the Office of Government Contracting and Business Development of the Small Business Administration, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Small Business Con5 tracting and Acquisition Programs Efficiency Act of 

6 2016’’ or as the ‘‘SB CAPE Act of 2016’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. GAO REVIEW OF THE OFFICE OF GOVERNMENT 

2 CONTRACTING AND BUSINESS DEVELOP3 MENT OF THE SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRA4 TION. 

5 (a) STUDY.—Not later than 60 days after the date 

6 of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of 

7 the United States shall initiate a review of the Office of 

8 Government Contracting and Business Development of the 

9 Small Business Administration. Such review shall exam10 ine— 

11 (1) the extent to which the personnel of the 

12 Small Business Administration who to carry out pro13 curement and business development programs report 

14 to the Office of Government Contracting and Busi15 ness Development; 

16 (2) whether greater efficiency and consistency 

17 in the certification process of procurement and busi18 ness development programs could be achieved by cre19 ating a single organizational unit of employees to 

20 process all certifications required by procurement 

21 and business development programs; 

22 (3) whether greater efficiency and efficacy in 

23 the performance of procurement and business devel24 opment programs could be achieved by improving 

25 the alignment of the field personnel assigned to such 

26 programs; 


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1 (4) how the Office of Government Contracts 

2 and Business Development could improve its staffing 

3 of regulatory drafting functions and its coordination 

4 with the Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council to 

5 ensure timely rulemaking by the Small Business Ad6 ministration; and 

7 (5) any other areas in which the Comptroller 

8 General determines that the Small Business Admin9 istration could improve its performance with respect 

10 to procurement and business development programs. 

11 (b) REPORT.—Not later than 1 year after initiating 

12 the review required by paragraph (1), the Comptroller 

13 General shall submit a report including the results of the 

14 review, along with any recommendations for improvements 

15 or other suggestions with respect to procurement and busi16 ness development programs, to the Committee on Small 

17 Business of the House of Representatives and the Com18 mittee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship of the 

19 Senate. 

20 (c) PROCUREMENT AND BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT

21 PROGRAM DEFINED.—In this Act, the term ‘‘procurement 

22 and business development program’’ means a program re23 lated to procurement or business development established 


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1 under section 7, 8, 15, 31, 36, 44, 45 or 46 of the Small 

2 Business Act (15 U.S.C. 631 et seq.). 

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